Monday, November 21, 2011

CHEERS for GERSHWIN, THOMPSON and TCHAIKOVSKY

David Katz, center, founding music director of the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra, stands with Jennifer Zlotow, right, the stunning piano soloist in Gershwin's Concerto in F, and CBASO concertmaster, Sara Su Jones, following Towers of Light, the opening concert of the CBA Symphony and Chorus's season, last week at St James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago.

A large audience greeted the program, which also included selections from Randall Thompson's Frostiana (featuring the CBA Chorus), and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, with cheers and an instant standing ovation. The program also included the Chicago premiere of Wendel's Towers of Light—Elegy for Orchestra.